Hi, I would just like to thank everyone at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center, and especially Dr. Berger, for doing such a great job with the whole process of having the tubal reversal procedure done.
Everything and everyone was just great. Keep up the good work.
Chantelle T.
chantelletilley@yahoo.com
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I would just like to thank Dr. Berger and the staff of Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center for allowing me and my fiance to have the chance to conceive again.
I didn’t realize that it would happen as fast as it did, but nevertheless we are excited about our bundle of joy due on Sept. 4th, 2009.
Charainne H.
charainnehamilton@yahoo.com
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As I sit and reflect on 2008, I realize that at this time last year I was nervously preparing for my TR at Chapel Hill that was scheduled for 1/25. I had so many questions and fears about what would happen both during surgery and after.
Deep in my heart I knew it was the right thing to do for us after 2 unsuccessful rounds of IVF — I just couldn’t do that again. It was going to happen the natural way or not at all, and the “not at all” scared me!
After 4 months of ovulation monitoring, I left for a 10 day trip, only to come back with a BFN report for my DH. I gave up on the monitoring for June. I was too frustrated, busy, and trying to recover from my trip. My DH and I were arguing all the time, showing the signs of our mutual frustration.
On 6/25, I realized I was past the date that I was suppose to get my period but I really chalked it up to stress. I had 1 more PG test left and thought…well, I might as well use it up and be done with it…THAT’S the day I got my BFP! My DH and I had had such a big argument the night before that I hardly felt like bounding into the bedroom in joy and excitement, so I left the test in the bathroom for him to discover when he went to take his shower.
Well, the rest is history as I sit here 32 weeks PG and expecting on 2/20/09. The rest of the year has been filled with many emotional ups and downs, but the fact that our dreams of a child is close to being realized is the best gift from God of all!
I know we are all in different places of our journey. I just wanted to share with everyone my miracle for 2008 that would NOT have happened without Dr. Berger’s faithful commitment to reversing, through surgery, a selfish decision I made 12 years ago! I’m convinced that his dedication to excellence, along with the staff that aids him, is the reason for the high success rate that his practice at Chapel Hill stands on.
Again Dr. Berger, THANK YOU!!! We are thrilled to be where we are at now and can’t thank you enough for
how you and your staff treated us while we were there! You’ll certainly be one of the first people we update once baby arrives! 7 weeks to go!
Happy New Year!
Tia S.
tivo@tamos.net
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Posted by Eric’sGirl on the Tubal Reversal Message Board
This THANK YOU! is long overdue. I had my TR one week ago! I have started and restarted this 100 times over in the past 7 days. I can’t find the words to say what I feel in my heart. The following is a mere fraction of the gratitude that Dr. Berger and all the wonderful nurses and staff at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center deserve.
I found Dr. Berger’s website in March 2004. Life had thrown one hell of a twist my way. My high school sweetheart and I were reunited. I may have loved other men in my life, but never the way had I loved him. And he was back - a second chance to correct bad life decisions we made 10 years earlier.
In those “lost” 10 years I had met and had kids with a man - a man that was my best friend and my worst enemy. He changed me. I lost some of the personality traits that made me “me” while I was with him. And along the way, I opted for a TL – and asked a doctor to “cut and burn” my tubes instead of the clips he was going to use. I knew if I came home with clips I would only hear over and over again how I did that so I could leave him and start a new family with someone else. His post operative notes didn’t make much sense! So the first time I sent them into Dr. Berger, he told me my post op notes were ambiguous. I was told I could have the pre-screen laparoscopy to determine the true effect of my TL.
So that is where it sat until I got married in October 2006 and decided to start pursuing a TR more aggressively. In January 2007 I had an ovarian cyst and a wonderful local Ob/Gyn. My doctor told me we could wait 8 weeks for the cyst to resolve itself and do a follow-up ultrasound. I said I didn’t want to wait 8 weeks and risk a rupture – that I was considering a TR. He removed the cyst and took pictures so I could send them to Dr. Berger.
Those pictures put me in “marginal” candidate status. I am a smart woman, I but never looked into the numerous ways a TL can be performed. That doctor - the one that was recommending clips because I was so young (27 yrs old) - went on to remove all but 3-5 cm of my tubes and cauterize them right up to my uterus wall. No two ends for anastomosis… and possibly not enough tube left for implantation.
In 2004, I had sent my report to two other doctors – wasn’t as impressed with them from the start, but this time I was doing due diligence in the research phase. Again, I contacted the two other facilities. One took over a week to respond… and the other, the nurse on the phone wasn’t versed enough to understand the “implantation” option… or maybe they just didn’t perform it… or maybe not that often – I don’t know. All I know is neither had the support network that Dr. Berger and his staff provided.
I once sent an email over the weekend because I had time to send it then and wasn’t expecting an answer until Monday. It by no means was anything pressing. Dr. Berger himself responded shortly after I sent it!!!! Oh my goodness,that pushed me over the edge. It was followed shortly by a response by the nurse that was copied on it!
I have now been to Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center. I don’t know how they do it! Four consults and four surgeries each day, and somehow there is ALWAYS a prompt reply to every phone call and email. And the message board full of ladies who are saving to schedule, waiting for their day, or on the other side. You couldn’t ask for a better support system!
On Wednesday, October 17th I walked into CHTRC for my consult. What an amazing place to be! Nothing but professionalism from the second you walk in… until you walk back out. I hire people for our service company. I can’t believe the caliber of the staff Dr. Berger has assembled! It is not an easy feat to find that many people who put their heart and soul into their work and the cause!
On Wednesday, October 17th I met with Dr. Berger. I don’t know if I have ever been in the presence of such a gifted and caring individual. And I don’t know if I have ever been so shaken. He accepted me at my “marginal” candidacy – and I came face to face with that reality. I signed a surgical consent form that needed to be so vague – “bilateral tuboplasty” (plastic surgery of my tubes!) it read. I didn’t fit into either “standard” (anastomosis or implantation) procedure. I walked into that room knowing that there was no other person on this planet that could put me together. And with complete professionalism, he walked me through every reality and every possibility. I watched as he drew out what he MAY be able to do. I left struggling to hold onto the faith I had – IN HIM! I wanted a miracle out of him – how unfair of an expectation was that?!?! In fact, I even told him to write, “Dr. Berger is going to pull of a miracle tomorrow” on my surgical consent form – instead of “bilateral tuboplasty.”
My husband wasn’t there that day. He was in Cincinnati for work – flying in that night to be there for the surgery the next day. But I wasn’t alone. Dr. Berger’s network extends past the doors of CHTRC. Online I had my girls pulling for me from all over the world! And back at the hotel, I had Donna and her husband Bob. Donna was on my thread and had surgery the day of my consult. We hung out after her surgery and my consult, clear through my husband arriving at 9 o’clock that night. They kept my chin up. Without them I would have sat in my hotel room – crying until my husband got there. It was ALL OR NOTHING the next day.
So with my hopes and dream of babies with my high school sweetheart on the line, I walked back into CHTRC on Thursday, October 18th. I have never been so scared of an “answer,” and surgery never seemed so – well… refined and simple. There were no worries… they took such good care of you and kept you so comfortable! I almost forgot there was a chance this wouldn’t go well!
I remember telling me they were starting the anesthesia. I remember trying to wake up and ask the nurses what he did. I wasn’t the typical case. Dr. Berger had told them he wanted to explain things to me, so they weren’t able to say much. I remember someone telling me, “thumbs up!” I remember someone saying, “It’s good news!” I wasn’t catching their hints. Half loopy – and fully determined to get the answers I wanted. I guess I worried my recovery nurses. My husband later told me they came to get him and told him they had upset me.
Dr. Berger PULLED OFF A MIRACLE THAT DAY! He found my original passage through my uterine wall. He connected the minimal tube my TL doctor left behind. Dr. Berger sat in front of me and told me I had 4.0 cm on the right and 3.0 cm on the left. OH MY GOSH!!!! I wasn’t supposed to have much more than that in there!
And here is where I can’t explain what I feel inside… gratitude… hope… faith… yes! But they don’t come close to describing what it feels like to be whole again. What it feels like to be with my husband. What it feels like to make love and know I may be able to make a baby…. The old fashion way.
I don’t know how to say “thank you” for all that! I believe in always giving of yourself what you can give… you may never know when you will need to ask someone for something. I have never done something so great in my life for anyone – I don’t know how to pay this forward – I spin every time I try to fully grasp the impact he has had on our life.
Never have I been so amazed by anyone! I don’t know what made Dr. Berger dedicate himself to women and to families. He gives us so much – and there is nothing we give him! Or so I feel.
I have been on the boards long enough to know my same story is replayed time and time again by women who find Dr. Berger. What a gift he gives us by providing us the opportunity to undo our past!
I am sorry this is so long…
Dr. Berger, Sarah, Jan, Ericka, Jennifer, Julia, Rhonda, Pam, and Dr. Phlugrath – I remember each of you from that day or previous correspondences… and I know there were other surgical nurses and recovery nurses I was too hazy to acknowledge… please don’t feel I thank you any less!
THANK YOU! Thank you for caring so much…. Thank you for being the amazing people you are… Thank you for what you have given me… us… and our family!
May all your lives be as blessed as those you help!
Chrissy 34
Eric 35
TR 10-18-07
cconwell@charter.net
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The Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center, Doctor Berger, and the rest of the staff are very professional, neat, informational, and kind hearted.
What a blessing you all are to each person that has had the opportunity to meet and pass through your paths and your clinic.
Thank God for all of you and all you do.
Aloha from Hawaii
Tau-a and Manulani P.
mpahukoa@yahoo.com
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Dr. Monteith,
I just wanted to let you know how much we appreciated everything you and your staff did for us. Everyone was so nice and it was obvious that the staff was really concerned about the patients, not because they had to but because they wanted to. It feels good to go to a hospital or surgical center and really know that you are in good hands, and with you and the staff at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center I was in the best of hands. From the hotel stay to the procedure itself, I would recommend CHTRC to anyone who wanted not only just a tubal reversal but also a great atmosphere around them.
Thank you so much. What you and your staff give to the patients at CHTRC is just wonderful. There are no words to describe how I feel about the experience and about myself now that I have a chance of having children again.
Robin P.
robinperry@live.com
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I am beyond satisfied! As a RN, I must say I was very impressed with the thoroughness and professionalism of everyone and everything at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center!
I have been raving about my experience. Everyone was so great at Chapel Hill! I would recommend you all to ANYONE seeking similar services!
Casey K.
caseyatthebat2000@yahoo.com
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I took a lot of time looking for a doctor who could perform a tubal reversal. There are many out there, and having surgery isn’t something I take lightly. It was very important for me to find the right tubal reversal doctor and the right staff to provide me with EXCELLENT care.
I found Dr. Berger and his staff at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center to go above and beyond my expectations. I was able to get all my questions answered before and even after surgery. Dr. Berger and his staff provided me with great care, and were very helpful during the entire process. My reversal surgery went very well, and I healed very quickly. At my discharge they gave me instructions that I followed closely. I was very impressed by the follow up care that Dr. Berger and his staff provided. I am more than satisfied. They are a great team, and it because of the team work that makes Dr. Berger and his staff unique.
I would encourage anyone considering a tubal reversal to contact Dr. Berger.
Stephanie K.
chitchat6kat@yahoo.com
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Honestly, anyone who would rate their satisfaction less than a 10 is insane. Everyone at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center was wonderful. I can’t get care at my own doctor’s office as good as I got from the staff at your facility. I just want to thank everyone there for the care my husband and I received. We couldn’t have chosen a better place to have our tubal reversal procedure done.
Thank you again, Dr. Berger, and staff. We can’t wait to inform you when we get pregnant.
Cloressa G.
cloressaglass@yahoo.com
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I want to thank you, Dr. Berger, and your entire staff. My tubal reversal surgery couldn’t have gone any more smoothly. I had no nausea afterward and I can’t even ride in a car without getting sick to my stomach! You guys should be very proud of the work that you do. You are extremely professional and efficient and as a health care professional I know what I am talking about.
Great Job! I would recommend you to anyone.
Thanks again,
Terri S.
jadnterri@hotmail.com
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I had my surgery done 20 Nov, and am now sitting here at home, a little sore, but healing very nicely. I have been reflecting on my experience for the past couple of days and how it has changed us as a family already.
Doctor Monteith, I’m sure you know how you make a difference in people’s lives, given the nature of your work, and you must hear words of gratitude quite often. You gave us hope. The magic and joy of even having the possibility to conceive fills every corner of our house. We all feel it, even our daughters. Sir, you were so nice to us, and down to earth. We thank you.
Doctor Hertz, the anesthesia and getting put to sleep was the scariest part for me. You were so unbelievably kind and very patient from the beginning. We trusted you, and on the morning of the surgery, I felt no fear. We thank you as well.
To all the nurses, Martha, Donna, Fran, Lorie, and Susie thank you all so much for your kindness, and your smiles. When I posted on the message board about my experience, I told everyone that I was treated with a tenderness that is almost nonexistent in most health care institutions today. You all are very special.
Ultimately this was one of the best experiences of my life, not just because it marks a new beginning, but because it is just that type of establishment: first rate, professional, knowledgeable, affordable, organized, and caring. Even the hotel stay was perfect! And finally, Dr. Berger, I did not meet you, but this clinic is yours, and we thank God for you and that you decided to open it. You must be proud of this amazing staff.
Have a happy thanksgiving all of you.
Daniel, and Elle S.
ellesaunders55@yahoo.com
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